Mattie, Alex, and Sophie Chapman find themselves transported to their own home in the past - during the American Revolution!

This book is about the adenture of three children who are sent on an adventure back in time to the revolutionary war when they stumble accross a magic spy glass in a hidden room in their new home. The children have the opportunity to deliveran important coded message to George Washington.

I enjoyed reading this book. I am not much of a history buff but the story was still entertaining.

After completing this story in a classroom I would give my students the opportunity to write a letter using a code book or perhaps with even using lemon juice as invisible ink while explaing the reason coded letters were used during the revolutionary war. ( )